Kraft Foods plans to invest £50 million in its UK confectionery manufacturing operations while cutting the workforce by 200 people. The 200 jobs will be shed at Kraft’s sites at
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US-based food group Sara Lee has completed the Eur115 million sale of its fresh bakery business in Spain and Portugal to Mexico’s Grupo Bimbo. The agreement includes all Sara Lee
R&R Ice Cream, Europe’s largest own label ice cream manufacturer, has acquired Durigon Gelato of Germany for an undisclosed sum, subject to clearance from the German competition authority. Based at
Private equity firm Lion Capital, which owns Young’s Seafood, has expanded its UK fish and seafood interests with the acquisition of the customer contracts and equipment of Cumbrian Seafoods from
In the next step toward dividing into two public companies, Kraft Foods has announced the appointments of the heads of the future global snacks and North American grocery businesses. Irene
Glanbia, the Irish and international nutritional solutions and cheese group, is reported to be considering investing more than Eur50 million to establish a new greenfield dairy manufacturing site in Ireland.
In response to the continued growth of its Jameson Irish whiskey brand on world markets, Irish Distillers Pernod Ricard has announced a €100 million investment in the expansion of its
Negotiations about a possible offer by US private equity firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice to buy Greencore, one of the leading convenience food processors in the UK, have ended. Greencore
Heineken has acquired the Galaxy Pub Estate in the UK from The Royal Bank of Scotland for £412 million (€480 million) on a cash-and-debt-free basis. A further £10 million has
Cargill plans to cut its workforce by up to 2,000 of its 138,000 employees globally, a reduction of about 1.5%. The majority of the redundancies will take place over the
Global edible oils firm IOI Loders Croklaan has launched a campaign showing that their Shea nuts supply chain from West Africa is transparent and sustainable. As a first in the
Greene King, the British regional brewer and pub group, has increased operating profit before exceptionals to a record £115.6 million in the 24 weeks to October 16th 2011 on revenue up
Britvic has signed agreements with three of the top four bottlers of Pepsi in the United States to expand the distribution of its leading soft drinks brand, Fruit Shoot. The
In just a little less than ten weeks, ProSweets Cologne 2012 will once again open its doors. So far, more than 300 exhibiting companies from 32 countries have registered for
Bakkavor Group has commenced a 90 days consultation period with 178 staff at its English Village Salads subsidiary in East Yorkshire, England, about the future viability of the business due
Kerry, the global ingredients, flavours and consumer foods group, has completed the acquisition of Cargill’s global flavours business. Cargill Flavor Systems with annual revenues of approximately $200 million was acquired
Despite the difficult economic environment, UK regional brewer and pub operator Marston’s increased revenue by 4.8% to £682.2 million in the 52 weeks to October 1st 2011, with improvements in
Sara Lee and its Norwegian joint venture partner, Kaffehuset Friele, have agreed to acquire the House of Coffee business, a leading food service provider of beverage solutions to offices and
Muller Dairy UK is cutting 55 jobs across it British and Irish operations with the majority being shed at the company’s factory at Market Drayton inShropshire, where 750 people are
World grain production fell, exacerbating a global food situation already plagued by rising prices, according to new research published by the Worldwatch Institute. Despite record rice and maize yields around
Buoyed by volume and sales growth in Great Britain, France and its other international markets except Ireland, Britvic sold 2.1 billion litres of soft drinks in the 52 weeks ended
Following a challenging 2011, Carlsberg plans to reduce the number of positions in its headquarter functions across Europe by 130 to 150, of which approximately 95 positions have already been
Nico Nusmeier, regional president of Heineken Central and Eastern Europe, has decided to leave the global brewing group. Effective from
Reflecting sales growth across all its geographic regions, French spirits group Remy Cointreau has increased current operating profit by 27.3%
Diageo has officially opened the first new cooperage to be built in Scotland for decades. The new Diageo Cambus Cooperage
ConAgra Foods, one of North America’s leading food manufacturers, has become the majority owner of Indian food companyAgro Tech Foods,
Workers at Unilever UK, the food and household goods manufacturer, have voted in favour of industrial action in protest over
On October 19, 2011 the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) confirmed the presence of strains of listeria in cantaloupe
Coca-Cola Enterprises is demonstrating its commitment to manufacturing in Great Britain with a £50 million investment programme across three of
Danone is to invest Eur6.2 million to expand capacity at its bottled water production plant at Salvetat in France. Part
Nestle has decided to work with the Fair Labor Association (FLA) to investigate whether children are working on cocoa farms
Gavin Hewitt, chief executive of the Scotch Whisky Association, has been elected President of the European Spirits Organisation – CEPS.
National Flexible have recently passed a routine ISO audit with an exemplary performance, demonstrating their commitment to delivering excellent supplier
Sainsbury’s plans to double the amount of British food it sells by 2020 as part of the UK supermarket group’s
Tulip has consolidated its position as the leading UK supplier of processed meat products following the acquisition of Parkam Foods
Michael Clarke, who joined Premier Foods during the summer as chief executive, has completed assembling his new leadership team with
The Australian competition authority has approved SABMiller’s acquisition of Foster’s Group, the Austrialian brewer, and the 50% of soft drinks
Nestle is investing £110 million in its Nescafe Dolce Gusto factory in the UK, creating 300 new jobs and tripling
Almost two thirds of people agree that they like to buy British food to support the local economy (65%). However,
Irish and international project management specialist PM Group has begun work on a major multi-million dollar development project for Halwani
Burton’s Foods, the UK’s second biggest biscuits manufacturer, is rebranding its business and changing its trading name to the Burton’s
Dairy group Emmi has become the first listed Swiss company to be awarded the ‘Best Board Practice’ label. The Best
Cargill, the US-based food, agricultural, financial and industrial products and services group, has completed the acquisition of Provimi, a global
Running between 29th November and 1st December 2011 inParis, Fi Europe & Ni 2011 will showcase food ingredients and related
Nestle is strengthening its frozen pizza business by extending its Wagner factory in Germany. The new Eur45 million extension to
Nestle Waters is investing more than £35 million in a new state-of-the-art factory at Buxton in England. The culmination of many
British dairy co-operative Milk Link has now recruited over 40% of the milk it requires for the expansion of its
SABMiller is to invest a total of $555 million to expand the capacity of its subsidiaries in the developing markets
IPACK-IMA is one of the most important international events in the industry of packaging, processing and material handling technology: a
The World’s Leading Trade Fair for the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Business. FRUIT LOGISTICA is the leading international meeting place
Focussing on consumers, markets, business cases, and processing & ingredient innovations 2 & 3 February 2012, Cologne (Germany) igh Quality
International Packaging Exhibition – The international business meeting for packaging related industries. Parc des Expositions Paris-Nord Villepinte BP 68004
We are delighted to announce that the next edition of Health Ingredients Europe (HiE) and Natural Ingredients (Ni) will take
The world’s no. 1 food exhibition will take place in Paris, from 21 to 25 October 2012. Make a
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